'Our allegiance is to Nigerians' -- INEC chair dismisses claims of 'being close to APC' | TheCable

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“So, my assurance to the citizens is that we’ll continue to do what is necessary to ensure that we protect the integrity of the process. Our allegiance is to the people of Nigeria and not to any political party.

the commission is committed to citizens of Nigeria and not any political party.

“But look at the kind of elections that we have been conducting of late. Different political parties have won different elections and citizens believe that the votes are counting and they are confident in the process.” “Some of them may be small elections in the Nigerian context. But the state with the least number of registered voters in places where we transmitted results is Ekiti, and Ekiti has more registered voters than the Gambia and Cape Verde put together,” he said.“We are happy with the pilot we have conducted and we are reasonably confident in the strength of the processes.”

“The machine on election day does not rely on internet to accredit voters. It works offline. It only [needs] network when it comes to transmission of results,” he said.

 

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